Andrew Shatté

Venkat Rao Pulla

Shane Warren

Perspectives on Coping and Resilience examines the interplay of individual, family, community and social factors of the human ability to 'bounce back' - a vital competency for success. The unique collection of trans-disciplinary writings on human coping and resilience is the collaboration of distinguished practitioners and academics in the diverse fields of psychology, management science, art, social work and spirituality. Perspectives on coping and Resilience is a pioneer effort of three practitioners academics: Venkat Pull from Charles Sturt University, Australia, Andrew Shatté from the College of Medicine at the University of Arizona, USA and Shane Warren from the International Resilience Institute Sydney, Australia / Hong Kong / Singapore.

Perspectives on Coping and Resilience

Abraham Francis

Stefan Bakaj

Lesley Chenoweth

Papers included in this volume are from various parts of the world and were presented at Kathmandu in 2012 as part of the conference of Brisbane Institute of Strengths Based Practice. This volume titled as "Papers in Strength Based Practice" is an endeavour to raise the question of how to keep hope and move beyond mere survival to proactive positive change within the practice of social work and human service.

Venkat Rao Pulla

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